“Listen to me,” Elena said, pressing her forehead against the cold metal of the terminal. “I am the Chief Engineer. I have the security codes. I am Surge 9.”
A long silence. The red light stopped pulsing. surge 9 login
A strange stillness settled over her. The panic, the adrenaline—it all drained away, replaced by a cold, mathematical clarity. The ship didn’t need a captain’s permission. It needed a captain’s pattern . “Listen to me,” Elena said, pressing her forehead
But in the back of her mind, in a voice that was not her own, Captain Marcus Webb smiled. “Listen to me